US-Ukraine Security Dialogue​ 2023 - Livestream #1

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US-Ukraine Security Dialogue XV: Taking Measure of Ukraine’s Defense Capabilities & Needs After a Year of War was held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on 28 February, 2023. The event featured six panel discussions, dedicated to examining Ukraine’s ability to properly engage in war along classical security dimensions: land (regular/territorial); sea/maritime defense; air/air defense; cyber warfare/information warfare as well as its capacity to adequately maintain its infrastructure assets (whether military or civilian) and energy resources. About the Security Dialogue Series: https://usukrainianrelations.org/project/us-ukraine-security-dialogue-series Full Program and Speaker Bios: https://ucca.org/usuasdxv-feb-28-2023-brochure-as-presented 0:00 - Intro First Word 2:13 - Walter Zaryckyj, Executive Director, Center for US-Ukrainian Relations - https://usukrainianrelations.org/team/ 8:17 - Rep. Brian Higgins, New York District 26 113th-118th Congresses - https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H001038 19:17 - Yaroslav Brisiuck, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine in the USA - https://usa.mfa.gov.ua/en 25:30 - Q&A 1 Dialogue Discussion Session I: Assessing Ukraine’s Land Force Capabilities and Needs Moderator: 40:48 - Amb. John Herbst, Senior Director, Eurasia Center, @AtlanticCouncilUS - https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/john-e-herbst Panelists: 41:44 - Howard Altman, Senior Staff Writer, @thewarzone - https://www.twz.com/author/howard-altman 52:06 - Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Minister of Defense of Ukraine 2019-2020 - https://defence.org.ua/andriypzag 1:00:43 - LTG Ben Hodges (U.S. Army, Ret.), @NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics - https://cepa.org/author/ben-hodges This full-day conference was a collaborative effort of the: - Center for U.S.-Ukrainian Relations (CUSUR) http://www.usukrainianrelations.org/ - American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) https://www.afpc.org/ - Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) https://ucca.org/ - Ukrainian National Information Service (UNIS) https://ucca.org/unis Attendees were able to participate free of cost due to the generous contributions of the: - Self Reliance New York Federal Credit Union - https://www.selfrelianceny.org - Heritage Foundation of the First Security Federal Savings Bank - https://uaheritagefoundation.org - BCU Foundation of the Toronto-based Buduchnist Credit Union - https://bcufoundation.com - the Jurkiw Family Fund